Podcasts: Bill Newman

Bill Newman

The Bill Newman Show. Weekdays at 9AM. Join Bill & Monte Belmonte as they talk with news-makers, elected officials, authors, artists, poets, and ‘fish wrap’ about the day’s headlines.

Recent guests include authors Senator Elizabeth Warren (Persist); Larry Tye (Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy); Daniel James Brown (Facing the Mountain); Chuck Collins (The Wealth Hoarders and Born on Third Base).

How HCC Helped Put The Second C Back in H

9/14: Long time HCC President Bill Messner –our special guest on our segment “Your State U.” with Max Page; Hollywood editing star Harry Keramidas on the Ashfield Film Festival.

Out! On The Road

9/13: New President of the Berkshire Eagle, Fred Rutberg; Cool films with Larry Hott Smith College gender studies prof. Jennifer DeClue.

A Basket of Deplorables

9/12: Represent. Us CEO Josh Silver on Hillary and Trump, money and polls; internationally renown expert Eric Reeves on the continuing genocide in Darfur and Sudan; “Play by Play”—opening this week—our guests are playwright Meryl Cohn and actor and improv artist Julie Waggoner.

The Results Are In

9/9: Election fishwrap; then, we honor 9/11 with Tom Rinaldi, author of the just published “The Red Bandanna: A Life, A Choice, A Legacy;” City Council President Bill Dwight on tweets, the city screening (or not) of citizen volunteers’ social media, and the Northampton Human Rights Commission; also, Sports Man! Scott Coen on the pennant race.

VOTE!

9/8: Maxine Stein, CEO of Jewish Family Service of Western Mass.—on its 100th anniversary; Penny Burke, Exec. Dir of Northampton Center for the Arts, on chalking the city—the upcoming seventh annual confab; the recently unsabbicalized CBI Rabbi Justin David returns to “The Reverend (Peter Ives) and the Rabbi”—lessons learned while away.

Are U Ready to End Football?

9/7: NYT columnist & reporter and best-selling author Joe Nocera on UMass football –a special edition of “Your State U.” with professor Max Page; Rich Michelson — celebrating his friend and client Leonard Nimoy on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek; Natalia Munoz interviews local author Matthew M. Bartlett on “Gateways to Abomination.”

Is The Wait For Weed About To Be Over?

9/6: Northampton attorney Richard Evans, Chair of the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Massachusetts on the upcoming marijuana referendum; Tom Manley, President of Antioch College on college work-study; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the recently discovered earth-like planet — close enough to visit? Northampton author Zane Kotker on her exquisitely written new novella, ”Goodnight, Ladies.”

Who Will The New Sheriff Be?

9/2: Melissa Perry, candidate for Hampshire County Sheriff; Daily Hampshire Gazette Executive Editor Jeff Good and reporter Amanda Drane – breaking the story on breaking stories.

A Kinder Kind Of Divorce Court

9/1: Hon. Linda Fidnick, First Justice of the Hampshire Probate and Family Court, with members of the FRSC (Family Resolutions Specialty Court) Advisory Board Jim Frutkin from Service Net and family law lawyer Leslie McLellan Brown; Rev. Peter Ives on God and sexual fluidity; Max Page on UMass this week — one first place and one last.

Meet Adam Hinds

8/31: Adam Hinds, candidate for the state senate from the Berkshire-Hampshire-Franklin-Hampden District; Cool Films with Larry Hott; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Recent Headlines

14 hours ago in National

Musk the trillionaire? Debate over his Tesla pay package rages

Elon Musk turned off many potential buyers of his Tesla cars and sent sales plunging with his foray into politics. But the stock has soared anyway and now he wants the company to pay him more — a lot more.

14 hours ago in National

Shipping delays expected after UPS cargo plane crash

The UPS cargo plane crash on Tuesday at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed at least nine, will temporarily disrupt the supply chain and result in some shipping delays.

15 hours ago in National

FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown

The Federal Aviation Administration announced Wednesday that it will reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 "high-volume" markets beginning Friday morning to maintain safety during the ongoing government shutdown.

22 hours ago in National

Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent

Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old, far-left state lawmaker, who promised to transform city government to restore power to the working class and fight back against a hostile Trump administration.

22 hours ago in National

UPS plane crashes and explodes at a Kentucky airport, leaving at least 9 dead and others missing

First responders are searching for more victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball at the company's global aviation hub in Kentucky, killing at least nine people and injuring 11, authorities said.